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i mean, racism and jim crowe was a part of the united states. he took it head on. fdr made strides on civil rights. harry truman had, including desegregating of the army. here's humphrey giving this speech on civil rights, shaming that democrats wanted to keep jim crowe in place. you have all the delegates from mississippi and half from alabama that got in and walked out. humphrey started becoming a national figure out of that speech. of course, in 1968 he would gain the democratic nomination in chicago for himself. >> douglas, another moment that caused a big stir was in 1968. that, of course, was the year when martin luther king and senator kennedy were assassinated. violent confrontations in chicago and let's take a listen to abe rib cough. >> when gorge mcgovern isment of the united states, we wouldn't have to have gestapo tactics in the streets of chicago. >> what was the result of that speech, douglas? >> well, it tells mcgovern was gaining popularity, first off. that's '68. in 1972 mcgovern would be the nominee. look, chicago was a disaster for the democrats
i mean, racism and jim crowe was a part of the united states. he took it head on. fdr made strides on civil rights. harry truman had, including desegregating of the army. here's humphrey giving this speech on civil rights, shaming that democrats wanted to keep jim crowe in place. you have all the delegates from mississippi and half from alabama that got in and walked out. humphrey started becoming a national figure out of that speech. of course, in 1968 he would gain the democratic nomination...
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god bless these united states. >> here to analyze this speech is david remnick. editor of the new yorker magazine and written a biography about president obama. we're pleased to have him here this morning. what did you think? >> as a speech, i thought it was not number one in his hit parade. by now we're connoisseurs we're picky. not as good as 2004, not as great as the iowa caucuses. i thought it did the job. i thought it was solid. i thought overall the convention highlighted, exposed what the republican party has become, which is a radical conservative party. the that demographically and ideologically, it's increasingly out of touch. i think they have a big, big problem as a result. >> doesn't the country expect the democrats to be more specific in terms of how they see the future? >> well, i think it's very rare at a convention that you -- roll out a big policy initiative that is not known before. what you're trying to do is activate the base. you're trying to have all your surrogates make the big attacks and arguments on ideological terms and political terms
god bless these united states. >> here to analyze this speech is david remnick. editor of the new yorker magazine and written a biography about president obama. we're pleased to have him here this morning. what did you think? >> as a speech, i thought it was not number one in his hit parade. by now we're connoisseurs we're picky. not as good as 2004, not as great as the iowa caucuses. i thought it did the job. i thought it was solid. i thought overall the convention highlighted,...
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undeserved. >> but the -- >> undeer fd. >> but the president of the united states said to him, i congratulate you for being specific and making a proposal when no one else is making a proposal. remember that? >> the president is trying to be nice. but let me tell you -- >> the halo came in part from the president. >> no, absolutely not. it came from the mainstream media who needed a hard right guy. >> i raise a point about the fraud. let me move on. everybody seems to be at this convention worried about one big thing. how do you make sure that democrats who may be thinking about not being better off, who voted for the president last time, not just democrats, what can this party do to convince them if they believe they're not better off, if they're not comfortably convinced that the president has lived up to expectations to vote for someone else? >> two different issues. we are better off. i got this little chart here. here's job losses. >> they have charts about family income and other things. >> charlie, charlie. we lost 600,000 jobs -- january 1, 2009. financial industry teetering on the ed
undeserved. >> but the -- >> undeer fd. >> but the president of the united states said to him, i congratulate you for being specific and making a proposal when no one else is making a proposal. remember that? >> the president is trying to be nice. but let me tell you -- >> the halo came in part from the president. >> no, absolutely not. it came from the mainstream media who needed a hard right guy. >> i raise a point about the fraud. let me move on....
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. >>> the bodies of the four am in the united states. u.s. marines saluted the coffins at andrews air base. those killed were ambassador chris ste vaccines, first ambassador killed in the line of duty in 33 years. navy s.e.a.l.s tyrone woods and glenn dougherty and sean smith. third coffins arrived on friday. at the memorial service both secretary of state hillary clinton and president obama spoke about putting an end to the violence. >> it is senseless, and it is totally unacceptable. the people of egypt, libya, yemen and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for a tyranny of a mob. >> we will bring to justice those who took them from us. we will stand fast against the violence on our diplomatic missions. we will continue to do everything in our power to protect americans serving overseas -- >> u.s. embassies around the world issued alerts advising americans to review their security measures. for more we turn to margaret brennan. what are american embassies doing at this point? >> they are pretty much on lock down. you have a real
. >>> the bodies of the four am in the united states. u.s. marines saluted the coffins at andrews air base. those killed were ambassador chris ste vaccines, first ambassador killed in the line of duty in 33 years. navy s.e.a.l.s tyrone woods and glenn dougherty and sean smith. third coffins arrived on friday. at the memorial service both secretary of state hillary clinton and president obama spoke about putting an end to the violence. >> it is senseless, and it is totally...
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it's not going to come to the shores of the united states. however, it will be affecting again that same area from the mid-atlantic up through the northeast with some very big waves and dangerous surf. the third story i want to talk about is right here. it's in the southwest. monsoonal moisture. it will be intensified. we're talking a low pressure system making it stronger with 1 to 2 inches much rain. localized flooding out there. that's a quick look at the whole countriment here's a closer look at the weather for you. >>> well, good golly. i got to tell you, some of the nicest weather anywhere is in chicago, illinois today with sunny skies. about 71 degrees. perfect spot for my shoutout to the great city of chicago. this weekend they're hooesing the 92nd annual german american festival. some amazing beers, bratwursts. want to thank everybody watching "cbs this morning saturday" on wbbm, cbs 2 and congratulations, wbbm on their new morning show. that begins today. you guys will be great. knock it out of the park. guys over to you. >> on beha
it's not going to come to the shores of the united states. however, it will be affecting again that same area from the mid-atlantic up through the northeast with some very big waves and dangerous surf. the third story i want to talk about is right here. it's in the southwest. monsoonal moisture. it will be intensified. we're talking a low pressure system making it stronger with 1 to 2 inches much rain. localized flooding out there. that's a quick look at the whole countriment here's a closer...